IOGOOS Workshop and Seventh Annual Meeting (IOGOOS-VII)

Date : July 12 - 16, 2010
Venue : Citigate Perth Hotel, 707 Wellington Street, Perth,Western Australia.

• Host.

• Notification.

• Background.

• Participants.

• Conference Agenda and Timetable.

• Venue of the meeting.

• Catering

• Accommodation.

• Contacts.



• Host

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), UNESCO Perth, Western Australia.

Notification

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• BackGround

IOGOOS is meeting for the seventh time in Perth during 12-16 July 2010. This year represents the 10th anniversary since the formative 2000 workshop (SOCIO: Sustained Observations of Climate in the Indian Ocean). SOCIO 2000 was held in Perth and co-hosted by the UNESCO IOC Perth Office. SOCIO 2000 laid the foundations for the creation of IOGOOS and later the Indian Ocean Panel of GOOS/CLIVAR (IOP).

Under the IOGOOS framework, there has also been the development of the biogeochemical science alliance called SIBER: Sustained Indian Ocean Biogeochemical and Ecological Research

More recently, a forum has been established comprising a high level group of leaders in operational oceanography, with the aim of providing a means whereby IOP and SIBER can advocate for operational resources to support their physical and biological observing systems in the Indian Ocean. This new group is called the Indian Ocean Observing System (IndOOS) Resources Forum (IRF).

IOGOOS involves a number of other initiatives and projects, which bring benefit to its constituents in the Indian Ocean rim and islands. Some of those established or under active development include the following themes:

Keystone ecosystem mapping and monitoring of indicators of ecosystem health in coastal habitats; Shoreline change monitoring;

Capacity Development in writing proposals for funding, and training for leadership in marine science/management;

Remote sensing for environmental protection, conservation and natural resource management, including:

SAFARI = Societal Applications in Fisheries and Aquaculture Using Remotely-Sensed Imagery - International Symposium on "Remote Sensing and Fisheries" during February 15 - 17, 2010, to be held in conjunction with a Chlorophyll Global Integrated Network (ChloroGIN) General Meeting during February 18 - 19,2010 at Kochi, Kerala, India.

ChloroGIN project aims to promote in situ measurement of chlorophyll in combination with satellite derived estimates. The project was initiated following recommendations of the "Plymouth Chlorophyll Meeting and Workshops (Extended Antares Network)" sponsored by GOOS, GEO, IOCCG, PML and POGO 18 - 22 Sept 2006 and was inspired by the Antares network that provides satellite coverage over Latin America. The ChloroGIN portal is maintained by Plymouth Marine Laboratory. The IOGOOS Secretariat (at INCOIS, Hyderabad, India) is a partner and provides the IOGOOS link to this project. ChloroGIN aims to support the remote sensing needs of communities in large marine regions, which currently include the central-north Indian Ocean and the southwest Indian Ocean areas.

Another recent initiative has been the development of a joint IOGOOS/SEAGOOS project to build regional capacities in ocean forecasting in the IO and SEA regions, with the collaborative support of Australia's ocean forecasting community (through BLUElink Australia, www.bom.gov.au/bluelink). This 'ocean forecasting' project is the subject of a meeting to be held during 9-10 July 2010 in Perth, hosted by the UNESCO IOC Perth Office, in the week leading up to the IOGOOS-7 and related package of meetings.

IOGOOS's related IOP-7, SIBER-1 and IRF-1 meetings are occurring at the same time in Perth, as an integrated package.

• Participants

• a) Members and Associate Members of IOGOOS
• b) Potential Members and Associate Members
• c) Experts serving the IOGOOS Working Groups/Panels/Committees
• d) Invited Speakers
• e) Representatives of potential International Funding Organisations.

Approximately 22 members are expected to participate in this meeting.

Click here to view Tentative list of participants.

• Agenda and Timetable(provisional)

Click here to view Agenda and Timetable

• Venue of the Meeting

The meeting will take place in the following

Address:
Citigate Perth Hotel
Events Department
707 Wellington Street
Perth,WA 6000
Western Australia
Fax: 08 9321 1450
Email: banquets@cp.mirvac.com.au
Website:www.mirvachotels.com




Catering

Morning teas, lunches, afternoon teas will be supplied during the meetings.

Accommodation

Please note that the UNESCO IOC Perth Office will not be administering travel or accommodation bookings for delegates for this meeting. This will be the responsibility of individual delegates. Secretariats of IOGOOS, IOP, SIBER and IRF are responsible for financial management for their respective groups.

The Citigate Perth Hotel is located at 707 Wellington Street, Perth, Western Australia, 6000 http://www.mirvachotels.com/citigate-perth.Citigate Perth Hotel has a 4-STAR rating, and is offering delegates a discounted rate for accommodation (relative to usual 4-STAR rates in Perth) ('Superior Room - $155 AUD per night, accommodation only). This rate is offered for any nights between 7 and 18 July, inclusive. Citigate Perth Hotel is located in the Perth city centre. It is a 15 minute walk from the UNESCO IOC Perth office.

Discount hotel bookings for Citigate Perth Hotel can be made directly by using the accommodation booking form.

Click here to Download Booking Request Form

Rooms are subject to availability.Bookings need to be made as soon as possible.

There are also many other hotels at which delegates may wish to stay in Perth. They can be sourced through the official Western Australian tourism website www.westernaustralia.com or other common accommodation web sites.

A starting set of alternative hotel options to assist delegates in searching for accommodation is given here

Click here to See Hotels List.

These hotels are: (i) reasonable quality whilst being cost-effective for Perth; and (ii) within walking distance or a short taxi/bus ride to the meeting venue (ie Citigate Perth Hotel).

Please note that the AARONS Hotel has also advised that it will offer delegates discounted rates.

• i. Contact the hotel directly and quote the group code: 'IOG00S'.
• ii. Phone: +61 (0)8 9325 2133 or via email:res@aaronsperth.com.au
• iii. By quoting the code IOG00S, delegates are guaranteed to receive rates: Single/Twin/Double $ 108.00 AUD per night (room only) Triple Room $ 125.00 AUD per night (room only)
• iv. Note - All rooms are subject to availability. Book as soon as possible.

Contacts

• Dr. T. Srinivasa Kumar

Secretary, IOGOOS and Head, ASG
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)
"Ocean Valley", P.B No.21,IDA Jeedimetla P.O,
Hyderabad 500055, India
Phone: +91 40 2389 5006, Fax : +91 40 2389 5001
Email: srinivas@incois.gov.in

• Mr. M. Nagaraja Kumar

  Co-secretary, IOGOOS and Scientist-C, ASG
  Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)
  "Ocean Valley", P.B No.21,IDA Jeedimetla P.O,
  Hyderabad 500055, India
  Phone: +91 40 2388 6031/ 2389 5013 , Fax : +91 40 2389 5014
  Email: raja@incois.gov.in

  

• Dr. Nick D'Adamo

  Officer in charge - perth Regional programme office of the Intergovernmental Oceanography Commission(IOC), UNESCO
  C/- Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
  5th floor,1100 Hay Street(Corner of Harvest Tce)
  West Perth 6005,Western Australia.
  Ph (direct) +61-8-92262899 or (reception) +61-8-92632222
  Fax +61-8-92260599
  Email: nick.d'adamo@bom.gov.au